Penny Wise, Pound Fuelish: Glitch Leads to Penny Gas at N. Illinois Station

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Glitch Leads to Penny Gas at N. Illinois Station


WOODSTOCK, Ill. February 11, 2014

An error at northern Illinois gas station caused pumps to sell fuel for a penny a gallon.

The (Crystal Lake) Northwest Herald reports a Shell station in Woodstock wound up mistakenly selling the nearly-free fuel for about two hours Sunday night.

As word spread, cars lined up and jostled to fill-up.

Woodstock Police Sgt. Dennis Leard says authorities had to use an emergency shut-off to stop the sales before the gas station closed in order to reset the pumps to regular prices.

But before that, cars were blocking traffic and lining up on the street to reach the cheap gas.

Leard says the station clerk working at the time wasn't aware of the glitch.

It wasn't clear how much gas was sold.

Woodstock is 50 miles northwest of Chicago.

[Yerf Dog]

"The true test of a man's character is what he does when no one is watching."

[Bill]

You'd think the clerk would notice that all of the sudden people were lining up like they were giving gas away. Oh, wait, they were just about giving it away. My money is on a disgruntled employee sticking it to the owner of the station, and I'd bet barn bucks that the employee on duty was in on it.

[Jobaka]

The (Crystal Lake) Northwest Herald reports a Shell station in Woodstock wound up mistakenly selling the nearly-free fuel for about two hours Sunday night.

As word spread, cars lined up and jostled to fill-up.


Leard says the station clerk working at the time wasn't aware of the glitch.

So everyone in town except for the clerk on duty knew about it.



You'd think the clerk would notice that all of the sudden people were lining up like they were giving gas away. Oh, wait, they were just about giving it away. My money is on a disgruntled employee sticking it to the owner of the station, and I'd bet barn bucks that the employee on duty was in on it.

Soon to be disgruntled former employee.

[Bill]

So everyone in town except for the clerk on duty knew about it.





Soon to be disgruntled former employee.

Guy works as a gas station clerk. I'm sure it was totally worth sticking it to his boss.